Dear John,

Here is where I am in response then...

The Gospel.... the General Call... the Good News:

“Everyone who hears the gospel receives this calling” ...and is “free to act upon it”... “man can resist this call” Free will?


The Effectual Call... Regenerative Grace
... the ongoing Grace given to those who respond.

I understand this... but I didn’t think this is what Calvinism is saying at all.

Further... in my own understanding (to date)... which does disagree with what (I think) Calvin-ism says relating to the heart of this discussion in entirity... below:

GRACE... can be frustrated.